How Can I Quickly and Dramatically Increase Subscribers To My Blog?

[John]

I don't see a problem with the pop-up so long as it's set not to pop up every time the same user clicks on it. Most of the pop-up plugins I've looked at have an option like that, generally to prevent it from popping up for the same reader more than once a month or so.

I'll watch this thread because I have the same problem finding subscribers for JohnPearceAuthor.com.

[John]

The only problem I see with that is that you'd (potentially) be asking your viewer to comment before she's had time to see if she likes the site.

A lot of corporate sites have problems with this. I log in to check (as one example) on an insurance policy for the first time, and the first thing I see is a popup asking me to rate the site. At that point I'm completely incapable of judging its effectiveness, so I click the X and that's that.

[Caimin]

Nice blog, Rachele.

You might want to jazz up the headline and text before the subscription form. You really need to make people want to sign up.

Instead of "Subscribe to Blog via Email", try something like "Get Free Vet Advice in Your Inbox". You can probably think of something a million times better, but you get the idea :)